The troubled commander Boeing Starliner spacecraft Last June, this encountered technical problems, and at the same time, two astronauts were driven into space, responsible for these issues, while also blaming everyone else.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams answered questions from Texas journalists Monday to understand all aspects of their expanded mission.
After being trapped in space since June, Wilmore and Williams returned to Earth as engineers discovered helium leaks and problems involving thrusters, shortly after Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner docked with the International Space Station.
Wilmore was asked who was responsible for testing what was happening during the flight, which eventually kept them in space for nine months.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore said he was partly responsible for leaving him and Suni Williams for a long time in space, while also saying NASA and Boeing were responsible. (NASA)
“Of course, there were some problems… that prevented us from returning to Starliner, and I’m going to start with me,” Wilmore said. “There are some problems that I should ask as the commander of the spacecraft, and I didn’t. I didn’t know I needed it, maybe you could call it after the fact, but I’d start and point my fingers and I’d blame me.”
The word “blame” is not the word that Willmore likes to use, although he says the responsibility falls on everyone in all plans, including Boeing. and NASA.
“We all have responsibility. We all have that,” Wilmore said. “You can’t do this business without trust. You have to have the ultimate trust, to get someone going in all these different organizations and then say, ‘Hey. I can succumb to part of that problem.’ That goes a long way to maintaining trust.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore said he was partly responsible for leaving him and Suni Williams for a long time in space, while also saying NASA and Boeing were responsible. (NASA)
“So we won’t look back and say that something happened or happened, and that person, or that problem, or that entity should blame it. We will look forward to and say, ‘How we will use the lessons learned from the whole process and ensure that we have success in the future,'” Wilmore added.
When asked if any of the astronauts would return to the Stalini Islands, both Williams and Wilmore replied.
Wilmore said he will return to Starliner as the team will correct all the problems encountered by the spacecraft, noting that Boeing and NASA are fully committed to addressing them.
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In this photo provided by NASA, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft docked on the Harmony Module of the International Space Station on July 3, 2024, and can be seen from the windows of the Spacex Dragon Dragon Endeavor pacecraft, docked at a nearby port. (NASA via AP)
“In this way, my heart will be faster,” he said.
Williams agrees with Wilmore, saying the Staliny spacecraft does have the capability.
“As Butch mentioned, there are a few things that need to be fixed and people are actively working on it,” she said. “But… Spaceshipand it has features that many other spacecraft don’t have, and it’s an honor to see this succeed and be part of the program. ”
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Wilmore and Williams Elon Musk’s The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft arrived at the ISS a few days ago.
